Corent (Lecoq collection) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Auvergne, France (45.7° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Stampian (=Rupelian)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, white marl

• Large lake based on presence of ostracods, charophytes, and fish, as well as thickness of sediments (90-300 m) and wide distribution. Limagne Graben rift basin.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: collection of M. Lecoq

Primary reference: E. Oustalet. 1870. Recherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains Tertiaires de la France, première partie, insectes fossiles de l'Auvergne. Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris 2(3):1-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152491: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Lepidoptera -
Noctuites incertissima n. sp.
Noctuites incertissima n. sp. Oustalet 1870 moth
from "dusodyle"
 Diptera - Stratiomyidae
Stratiomys heberti
Stratiomys heberti Oustalet 1870 soldier fly
"one or two"
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Mycetophila sp.
Mycetophila sp. Meigen 1803 fungus gnat
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibionidae indet., Bibio gigas, "Protomyia ? incerta" = Penthetria incerta, "Plecia major" = Bibio major, "Bibio lartetii" = Plecia larteti, Bibio ? robustus
Bibionidae indet. Fleming 1821 march fly
Bibio gigas Oustalet 1870 march fly
"Protomyia ? incerta" = Penthetria incerta Oustalet 1870 march fly
"Plecia major" = Bibio major Oustalet 1870 march fly
"Bibio lartetii" = Plecia larteti Oustalet 1870 love bug
Bibio ? robustus Oustalet 1870 march fly